Diablo III is for real

[nobbie]

For those who don't agree with the current artistic direction of Diablo III, and the Warcraft-ization of Blizzard's various IPs, here is a petition to sign that hopefully alerts them of our concerns (~2000 signatures thus far).

In fact, through many various Diablo fansites I've discovered there's a fierce discussion going on about that direction, so it's not just "whining" or "nitpicking". These graphics are beautiful and interesting, but simply do not fit the Diablo universe. From what I've seen, "casual" fans of the series are mostly ambivalent, and "hardcore" fans are more sharply divided.

Myself, I rather enjoyed the fact that Diablo is one of the few RPGs you could that was less "faerie" and more "horror", and I'm determined to help keep it that way.

In my opinion, the game art looks fine so far. My wish would be, though, that the blurry "paint" effect on grass etc in outdoor scenes can be disabled via video options (I assume this is just a 2D post effect). The previous indoor scenes in the dungeon with Cain look much better and detailed without that effect.